The 25 Best Skiers On Wall Street

Photo courtesy of Sean Cummiskey It's the holidays, and now that folks have some downtime they'll want to hit the slopes at ski resorts all around the world.

We've tracked some of the top ski racers who are now working on Wall Street.

We've found folks who competed in the Olympics and others who were World Cup medalists. We found many skiers who were captains of their college teams.

We've also found some younger skiers who are heading to Wall Street when they're finished with school.

These skiers have swapped running gates for putting together financial models and analyst reports. They can still hit the slopes on the weekends, though. One of the skiers on our list happens to own a ski area, too.

If you know of other skiers who should be included, feel free to send an email to jlaroche@businessinsider.com. Please include a photo and a brief bio of ski highlights.

Finance Job: Ed Podivinsky is a director in the institutional equity division of RBC Capital Markets.

Ski Highlights: He represented Canada in three Olympic games. He won the bronze medal medal at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

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Bank of America senior vice president Stephany Thompson was ranked in the top 10 of the Women's World Pro Tour.

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Finance Job: She's a senior vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Education: University of New Mexico

Ski Highlights: Thompson was a member of the Junior National Team and the Senior National Team. She received a full athletic scholarship to ski for the University of New Mexico where she was the team's "Most Valuable Player." She skied on the Women's World Pro Tour where she was ranked in the top 10. She was later the women's head ski coach at the University of Minnesota with an undefeated regular season. She was also a Masters National Champion with an undefeated regular season.

Stifel Nicolaus managing director Otto Tschudi

Ski Highlights: He's a legendary Norweigan alpine skier. He skied professionally from 1963 until 1980. He has skied in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.

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Blackstone exec James 'Jim' Schaefer was captain of University of Vermont's 1990 NCAA Championship team.

James 'Jim' Schaefer
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Finance Job: He's a Senior Managing Director/Global Head of Energy, Power & Renewables at Blackstone.

Education: University of Vermont

Ski Highlights: James "Jim" Schaefer raced for the University of Vermont from 1986 to 1990. He was captain of the 1990 NCAA National Championship team. Prior to UVM, he was New England prep school champion for Eaglebrook and Deerfield Academy from 1983-1986. Schaefer raced in regional USSA races, Eastern Cup and NorAm events as well as at US Nationals. Schaefer was Eastern Cup Slalom champion in 1991. He also coached the New Zealand ski team and served as head coach at Mt. Hutt in 1991 and 1992. While at grad school Jim was an All American at the University of Michigan on the NCSA tour in 1994. Jim raced occasionally until 2005 at regional USSA races in New England.

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UBS managing director Alexander 'Sandy' Williams competed in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary as a member of the U.S. Ski Team.

Alexander 'Sandy' Williams
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Finance Job: Williams is a managing director at UBS Private Wealth Management in New York with over 19 years of experience in financial services. Before UBS, he worked at Morgan Stanley's wealth management division.

Education: University of Rochester (undergrad), UPenn Wharton (MBA)

Ski Highlights: Williams competed in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. He was a member of the US Ski Team from 1982 to 1992.

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Private equity vet Erik Schlopy made the U.S. Ski Team at age 18 and skied in three winter Olympic Games.

Erik Schlopy
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Finance Job: After retiring from professional skiing, Schlopy worked for a private equity firm. He has started two companies PointZero1 and Soul Sports, LLC, both of which are in the outdoor industry.

Education: University of Vermont (1990-91)

Ski Highlights: He left UVM his freshman year of college to join the U.S. Ski Team at age 18. Scholpy skied in the 1994, 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. He's a seven time National Alpine Champion, a 2003 World Championship Bronze Medalist and a 1998 World Pro Super-G Champion. In 2007, he was inducted into the Utah Ski Hall of Fame.

Also, he's married to former Olympic swimmer/ Nickelodeon game show host Summer Sanders.

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MBA student Charles Christianson was a four-time All-American in college and raced on the World Cup tour.

Charles Christianson
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Finance Job: Christianson worked as an analyst at Philadelphia-area private equity firm Graham Partners from 2012-2013. He's currently working on his MBA at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. He's skiing there, too.

Education: Williams College (undergrad)

Ski Highlights: Up until 2012, he was a professional alpine ski racer and raced on the World Cup. He was one of 6 athletes representing the USA at the highest level of alpine competition (the circuit they draw the Olympic team from). While in college, he was a 4-time All-American and 2-time Eastern Cup Champion. Other accolades include state champion growing up in Alaska to winning the Purple Key Trophy at Williams, the sole Senior athlete award.

Ski Highlights: He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy for Bosnia's ski team. He was only 21 years old at the time. He finished 30th overall for Slalom.

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Private wealth manager Tim Itin was a member of the U.S. Ski Team in college and later competed on Pro Ski Tours.

Tim Itin
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Finance Job: Itin is a Principal at Colorado-based Northside Capital Management, a private wealth management firm. Itin got his first job at Montgomery Securities in part due to the founder of the firm Thom Weisel also being the president of hte Board of Trustees of the US Ski Team.

Education: Dartmouth

Ski Highlights: In 1977, he was the junior national Giant Slalom Champion. He went on to ski for Dartmouth where he was named All-American in 1978, 1979 and 1980. He was the captain in 1980. While at Dartmouth, he was also a member of the US Ski Team (C Team) in 1979 to 1980. After college, he competed on Pro Ski Tours from 1982-83 ranking 18th overall on the PSRA World Ranking list with two podium finishes.

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Private equity analyst Lindsay Cone was an NCAA Champion.

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Finance Job: She's an analyst at private equity firm Graham Partners.

Education: University of Denver

Ski Highlights: She was a member of the US Ski Team from 2006 until 2008. She was an NCAA Champion and an All-American. She also played Varsity Golf at the University of Denver.

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Private equity summer analyst Hig Roberts is currently nationally ranked in the top five for college ski racers.

Hig Roberts
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Finance Job: Roberts worked at Philadelphia-area Graham Partners last summer. He plans to work in finance upon graduation.

Education: Middlebury College (expected graduation: May 2014)

Ski Highlights: He's the captain of Middlebury College's Division I ski team. He's also a two-time All-American and a member of the NCAA National Championship Slalom Team for 2012 and 2013. In December 2013, he competed for Team USA at the World University Games in Trentino, Italy where he finished 7th overall in the Giant Slalom and 19th in the Slalom event (the top American in both events). This competition featured the most elite college and professional athletes in the world. Roberts is currently nationally ranked in the top 5 and has been invited to National Team champs.

Career Highlights: Cummiskey raced all four years at Williams College and was captain his senior year. He had top 15 finishes in eastern college ski races. He had six top three finishes in the Rocky Mountain Trophy Series races. He raced in several North American Cups (NorAms). He finished 3 rd overall Junior Canadian Nationals SG 2006, 2 nd Place Vermont States 2004 - Giant Slalom and was the overall winner in the 2002 Junior Olympics (16 and under) (1 st SG, 3 rd Slalom, 4 th DH).

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BNP Paribas managing director Dean Keller was on the U.S. Ski Team for four years.

Finance Job: Keller is a managing director/Head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions—Power at BNP Paribas.

Education: University of Vermont

Ski Highlights: He was a member of the US Ski Team for four years where he skied in a number of World Cup races. While at the University of Vermont, he was a four-time First-Team All American in Alpine Skiing. He was an NCAA National Individual Champion and the captain of UVM's NCAA National Championship Team. He was inducted into University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame.

He attended Burke Mountain Academy and was a former board member there.

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BNP Paribas associate Colin DeVore was selected as a member of the National Development System with the U.S. Ski Team.

Colin DeVore
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Finance Job: He's an associate in North American M&A (power) at BNP Paribas.

Education: University of Vermont

Ski Highlight: DeVore was ranked 10th in the world for 20 year-olds in slalom and 2nd in North America for 20 year-olds in slalom. He finished 2nd at U.S. Nationals for juniors. He competed for the University of Vermont for all four years of college on a full-ride athletic scholarship. While at UVM, DeVore was a two-time Academic-All American and two-time Strength & Conditioning All-American. He was selected as a member of the National Development System with the US Ski Team. He has trained and competed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Scandinavia and South America.

Private equity analyst Alex Reeves was ranked in the top 10 for Super G and Downhill for 21 & Under in the U.S.

Alex Reeves
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Finance Job: He works as an analyst Philadelphia-area private equity firm Graham Partners.

Education: Williams College (c/o 2011)

Ski Highlights: He was a member of Williams Alpine Ski Team (NCAA Division I). He was also captain of the ski team in college. He was ranked top 10 in Super G and Downhill for U.S. Juniors (21 and under). He was ranked in the top 100 for Super G and Downhill for Juniors in the world. He finished in the top 30 in Super-G at the U.S. Nationals (top 10 for Juniors). He was ranked in the top 350 in the world for Downhill.

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Jeff Kirwood, a managing director at Aspen Grove Capital, was ranked in the top 3 for Giant Slalom and Super-G for his age group in high school.

Ski Highlights: Kirwood grew up ski racing and attended the Green Mountain Valley School, a ski academy in Vermont. He was ranked in the top 3 in the country in Giant Slalom and Super-G for his age group while in high school. He went on to ski for Dartmouth College and was the captain of the Dartmouth Ski Team in 1991.

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Broker-dealer associate Chris Colpitts was an All-American in men's Giant Slalom and two-time academic All-American at the University of Vermont.

Finance Job: He's an associate at Churchill Capital specializing in Event-Driven Research and Trading.

Education: University of Vermont

Ski Highlights: Chris Colpitts was ranked number one in the world for Juniors in Slalom during the 2008-2009 season. Competed for the University of Vermont for all four years of college; was the captain of the team his senior year. While at UVM, Colpitts was an All-American in men's Giant Slalom and two-time academic All-American. He was elected as a member of the National Development System with the US Ski Team. He has competed in the U.S, Canada, Europe, South American, New Zealand and Australia.

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Asset management firm COO Erica Nourjian was on the U.S. Ski Team Development Squad.

Ski Highlights: Nourjian grew up in Stowe, Vermont and began skiing at age 3. She was named to the U.S. Ski Team Development Squad for one year. She attended Burke Mountain Academy her senior year of high school. She raced in the Junior Olympics and Senior Nationals. She raced in the NorAm series, too. While at Middlebury, she was the captain of the ski team. She competed in the World University Games. She was a two-time NCAA All-American and voted NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Vermont in 1992.

Finance Job: He's an associate in Natural Resources Leveraged Finance at Barclays. He previously worked for Lehman Brothers.

Education: Williams College

Ski Highlights: Dyroff was the captain of the Williams Alpine Ski Team (Division I). While in college he was named First Team All East (Top 5 skiers in the Eastern Conference of Division 1). He was also a three-time NCAA Academic All-American and a three-time NCAA Championship skier (Top 30 athletes in NCAA Division 1). He was ranked as high as 30 th in Slalom in the US and 298 globally (across all age categories) / 62 Ranking in Giant Slalom in US, 445 globally (across all age categories).

Dyroff started skiing at 2 and racing at 6. For high school, he attended Burke Mountain Academy (Mikaela Shiffrin's alma mater).

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Institutional sales associate Zac Brown was an All-American for the University of Vermont's ski team.

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Finance Job: Brown is an associate in institutional sales for Sidoti & Co.

Education: University of Vermont

Ski Highlights: He was a member of the University of Vermont Alpine Ski Team (NCAA Division I). He was also captain of the ski team in college and was an All-American . He grew up in Sun Valley and was ranked in the top 3 in the country for Slalom for his age group.

Former MBS trader Rob McGrath skied professionally in the 1980s.

Ski Highlights: While at Dartmouth, McGrath was an All-American. He was on the US Ski Team (C Team). He skied on the pro circuit in from 1983 until 1988.

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O'Leary Funds CEO Connor O'Brien skied in two Olympic games for Great Britain and Estonia.

Connor O'Brien
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Finance Job: He's the president and CEO of O'Leary Funds and the president and CIO of Stanton Asset Management. He began his career in M&A at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch

Education: Middlebury College and Dartmouth College (MBA)

Ski Highlights: He's a former Canadian skier who skied for Great Britain in the 1984 Winter Olympics and Estonia in the 1994 games. While skiing for the British, he finished 33rd in downhill event. After the '84 games, O'Brien started skiing for Canada. He retired after two shoulder operations. In 1994, he made an Olympic appearance again skiing for Estonia.